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Tuesday, December 31, 2013

1. Can you give us an update on what is going on with the band these days? Hello my friends!!! we are working on a set list for a tour. Also Brian is building guitars and Jechael is working in a few bands, Mike has been working hard at drums.

2.How would you describe the musical sound of the new album , and also how does it differ from previous albums that you where a part of in the past? The new album is allot more complex than some of the old albums. We have some killer arpeggios in the rhythms and some killer bomb blast beats on the drums, a bit more complex solos and some kick ass vocal lines.

3.The song lyrics cover a lot of Occult and Conspiracy theory themes, van you tell us a little bit more about your interest in these topics? yes government conspiracy, and also alien life, how humans are controlled by the Draconian's and grays and how they control the planet and many others, also feasting on humans.

4.I know that the band was name after an ancient goetic/egyptian demon, what was it that interested you about this diety before you named your band after him? Well it was Carnage at the time, Glen actually came up with that name for the band we liked it and we then changed it to AMON.

5.What are some of the best shows that the band has played over the years and also how would you describe your stage performance? Russia was amazing, they had lasers and an awesome light show. The stage performance was awesome!!! it was packed, one fan got thrown off the stage from the security and he almost broke his neck brutal!!!

6.Do you have any touring or show plans for the future? Yes we will do Florida first then the world in 2014 I am saving some $ to tour my friends

7.Recently FDA Rekotz have re-issued your album on vinyl, what are your thoughts on the final product? AWESOME!!!TOTALLY KILLER!!! very professional

8. On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to the new album by fans of extreme metal? The fans love it, they enjoy some new music, it has been a long time.

9.What is going on with the bass player and singer's other musical project these days? He jams in a few bands, he is on the road right now doing some shows with one of his bands, very active person, he is awesome!!!

10.What direction do you see your music headign into on future releases? it will get better and more atmospheric larger sound, more complex and more killer solos!!!

11.What are some bands or musical styles that have influenced your newer music and also what are you listening to nowadays? we enjoy all the bands out today to many to name they are just getting better and better

12.Outside of music what are some of your interests? science studying astronomy, lifting weights and some painting.

13.Any final words or thoughts before we wrap up this interview? I would like to thank the fans for their endless support, you rule!!!

Monday, December 30, 2013

Bleeding Gods are a band from the Netherlands that plays a mixture of death and thrash metal and this is a review of their self released 2013 ep "Blood Symphony".

The ep starts out with some slow, dark and heavy guitar riffs along with some drums and melody and then spoken word parts start to kick in which also leads to the music taking a faster direction along with some blast beats and deep death metal growls and then the music starts mixing slow and fast parts together along with some powerful sounding bass guitars and once guitar solos are added into the music, the ep starts going for more of a brutal sound.

By the time the music goes into the second song old school thrash influences are added into the music and the band really knows how to take the early 90's brutal death metal sound and mix it in with thrash and make it sound very powerful and heavy sounding and this band really knows its old school death metal very well and are very talented and utilize a great amount of skill to create their own brand of death metal.

Song lyrics cover ancient gods and war, while the production has a very strong, powerful, heavy and professional sound for being a self released recording where you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this ep.

In my opinion Bleeding Gods are a very great sounding mixture of death and thrash metal and if you are a fan of those musical genre, you should check out this ep. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Empire of the Immortals" and "Into The Depth Of Misery". RECOMMENDED BUY.

Thursday, December 26, 2013

1. Can you tell us a little bit about the band for those that have never heard of you before?

We are a death/thrash metal band formed in northern Italy, across 2007. We were just kids, 16yo to 18yo was the average age of the members. The band consists in: Giona Nazzari (bass), Joshua Basile (guitars), Stefano Dal Soglio (drums), Paolo Antoniazzi (vocals, guitar). We are 4 guys who just love death metal, hardcore, thrash and punk, and wanted to fucking play some killer riffs with fast drumming, which we did for 5 years, since 2008. We released 2 demos and recorded a CD in the summer of 2012, that's being released on February 18th by Unspeakable Axe Records.

2.How would you describe your musical sound?

In the beginning of this project we were listening a lot of thrash metal, so in the past we were playing faster riffs with cleaner vocals, being contaminated by classic thrash and crossover/hardcore bands. Then we came in contact with D-Beat, old school death metal, crust punk, grindcore, italian hardcore as well, so we decided to put things up to this level. We grew up between the italian metal scene and the punk one. We listen to a lot of bands and we decided to make a mix of all our musical influences, trying to include every aspect of a genre we liked, but remaining on the headlines of a fast death metal sound. So that's what it is for us.

3.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the music?

Well, we are kind of a anarchic/left-wing sided band, such as Sepultura was in the first place. We faced lyrical themes such as war, life, death, we criticize the fulcrum of the biggest cancer of mankind, which is catholic church (living next to it), the struggle of realizing to live in the illusion of this society, how society itself is collapsing, and how governments have such negative power on the masses. The amount of shit with which medias are distracting us from what's happening around it's embarassing. We tried to put together every aspect of this world which makes us fucking angry, because that's what it is.. You have to be worried about what they're doing to people, what they did to information and medias, what your future will be -and things are getting pretty clear for people nowadays- and explode everything you have to say with your music.

4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name Omnivore?

Well we chose it because we were in front of a big change for the band. The previous name was Nightmare of Fallen, which we decided to change after a slight band split-up. We wanted to find a name that suited well the band's music and that sounded good to us. Then we've been inspired by the song "Omnivore" by Demolition Hammer, which sounded fucking good. We would like to specify that we did not choose it for going against ANY food culture (such as vegetarianism, veganism, raw food diet users, etc.), which, instead, we respect. Omnivore is the thought of men, Omnivore is death, is something that eats and incorporates everything, without distinctions of any kind, and it comes for all of us.

5.What are some of the best shows that the band has played over the years and also how would you describe your stage performance?

Honestly, we played a lot of gigs in the past years, but almost every time we played in pubs, small rooms, and we did a lot of gigs in social clubs. We played exclusively in Italy until now, but we played in a lot of different cities. I think the biggest gigs we did were during some italian festivals. The band's live activity is huge but most of the gigs were in this terms. We never have been paid to play, and we enjoyed every one of the gigs we played in, we had a good time, we tried to make people moshing and headbanging, and of course we tried to transmit our ideas. We never cared much about sound, because in a lot of situations we had to -or decided to- play with other people's equipment (such as amps, microphones), or we shared our equipment with others. You try to get the doomest sound you can, then you plug-in your instrument and destroy the stage.

6.Do you have any touring or show plans for the future?

We were planning on doing a self-financed tour over Europe after the album's release, but it's all under construction, and after the studio sessions we decided, due to various things, to put the band on hold. So.. we don't know anything yet. Let's see what lies ahead.

7.The new album had a Sepultura cover, what was the decision behind doing your own version of one of their songs?

We decided to make a cover of it because it's the song which represents the most all of the ideas and thoughts we were trying to inject in the album. This song has a personal meaning for us, it represents a moment of our lives when we were discovering this music, when we were kids, making rehearsals in our garage. It represents the climax of a great band. It gives you the charge, the song is telling you to stay put, to resist, to withstand. When we decided to include the song in the album we didn't know what was going to be the future of our band, so we recorded it to leave it there in case things were going to end. It's representative to us and it sounds fucking good. What else?

8.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of death and thrash metal?

Our music never reached a worldwide level until now. Thanks to a friend of us, Tobi Zama of the Australian band Sewercide (which is a kicking awesome band, check it out!), we signed under Unspeakable Axe Records, and the owner, Eric, is doing an excellent job pushing our product in and outside Europe. So we are being reviewed right now, (with positive feedbacks, I have to say) our music is going through some radios and it's spreading. We don't expect nothing, of course, but this is positive because honestly we never thought we would have reached these results!

8.Are there any other musical projects besides this band?

Of course there are other projects. Bassist Giona started a throaty/death/crust/gravy band called Infuria and a Death/Doom band called Hadit; guitarist Josh started a band called Overcharge, playing a motorcharged/rock'n'roll/d-beat/riding music; Stefano, the drummer, always played along with some really good hardcore bands such as Miseria, My Own Voice, Ruggine. All of these bands recorded at least once at Mobsound Recording Studios in Milan, Italy, which is the same place where we recorded our album, releasing a demo or a CD. So if y'all wanna check out some good stuff..

9.What direction do you see your music heading into on future releases?

Honestly.. we have no idea. Things are constantly evolving right now, and this label and promotion stuff is really new and positive. We hope we can gain some gigs outside Italy (that would be really cool) and for now we don't have thoughts on future releases in particular. We have to wait, be patient, and see where all of this good feedbacks lead us to.

10.What are some bands or musical styles that have influenced your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

We always listened to a lot of bands different genres. Every band we liked had an influence on our music, of course each one in a big or a small part. I would like to include every band that had at least a bit conditioned our way of composing: Driller Killer, Sepultura, Hail Of Bullets, Bolt Thrower, Toxic Holocaust, D.R.I., Exploited, Inepsy, Violator, Wolfpack, Wolfbrigade, Demolition Hammer, Suicidal Tendencies, Black Sabbath, Raised Fist, Death, Discharge, Motorhead, Eyehategod, Death, Tragedy, Municipal Waste, Slayer, Opeth, Ratos De Porao, Razor, Disrupt, Skitsystem.

All (or almost all) of us are working to make a living besides this passion. We like hanging out, drinking, smoking pot, going to concerts, pussy, science, astronomy, quantum physics, car tires, car parking, car rental, Germany, german pussy, jazz, writing articles for magazines, teaching, drumming, spitting, wine, beer, italian cheese, italian food, world food, and a lot of things like these. Otherwise, even if we have to, we don't like to work.

12.Any final words or thoughts before we wrap up this interview?

We hope people appreciate our work and share our music. We dedicated the album to the metal/punk scene on a worldwide scale, we hope it will continue to shake the pillars of earth and keep giving birth to awesome new bands as it always did!

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

The Kennedy Veil are a band from Sacramento, California that plays a very brutal form of death metal and this is a review of their 2014 album "Trinity Of Falsehood" which will be released by Unique Leader.

Once the album kicks in death metal growls are introduced before going into a fast and brutal direction along with blast beats and a small amount of screams, once the slow parts start to come in the music gets a lot more heavy and skull crushing while also keeping around the fast parts and adding in technical elements.

As the album moves on melody starts to mix in with the brutal nature of the music and they also mix in with the technical guitar leads which also leads to the bass guitars getting more powerful sounding, and the album is all about brutality from start to finish while also being diverse and when we get to the forth song the drums really start mixing in a variety of many different beats that add more power to the more brutal elements of the recording.

One of the main strengths the album has is the slower parts you can really hear the darkness being invoked but at the same time it does not really take over but it does add a lot of power to the album and keeps it from not sounding one dimensional, and another great part of this recording is how they take from the old school form of death metal and mix it in with the brutal elements of the more modern direction and there are no core elements being utilized in any part s of the music and it is purely 100 percent true death metal.

Song lyrics cover anti religion themes, while the production has a very strong, powerful, heavy and brutal sound where you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording.

In my opinion The Kennedy Veil are a very great sounding brutal death metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album> RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Eulogy Of the Divine" "King of Slaves" "Necrotic Gospel" and "In The Ashes of Humanity". RECOMMENDED BUY.

Monday, December 23, 2013

Lie In Ruins are a band from Finland that plays a very heavy and brutal form of Finnish death metal and this is a review of their 2014 album "Toward Divine Death" which will be released by Dark Descent Records.

The album opens up with some bells and background sounds that evoke an evil atmosphere before the heavy death metal parts start to kick in with its slow and crushing sound and once the growls start to kick in the music gets more skull crushing which then takes us into the faster parts of the music which also utilizes a great amount of blast beats.

Once the music starts mixing slow, mid paced and fast parts together the album really starts to take off, as we start to head into the second song dark sounding melodies are added into the music, which also leads up to the leads coming in and out of the music while not utilizing much in the way of solos and letting the heavy death metal rhythms dominate and growls dominate the recording.

Acoustic guitars when they are finally added into the music while bring out the darkness more clearly but they are not really used much on the album, but as time goes on by the music really starts to get more fast and brutal in certain parts as well as adding in more of a dark atmosphere which really starts to really blend together when high pitched screams are mixed in with the growls.

Once we got more into the album there are some evil avant garde sounds added into the music, before going into the nest song and the melodies that come out of the music evoke more of an occult feeling before returning back to the heaviness and darkness this album has plenty of, and when we get closer to the end there is a very dark and blasphemous guitar solos being utilized on one song, before bringing in a lot of old school Swedish and Florida death metal influences and the album closes with some dark sounding keyboards which bring a perfect ending to the recording.

Song lyrics cover dark, anti religion and occult themes, while the production has a very strong, powerful, heavy, dark, brutal and professional while the bass guitars are mixed down low in the mix, in addition the songs are very long and epic in length.

In my opinion Lie In Ruins are a very great sounding heavy, dark and brutal death metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Endless Void" "Blood Of The Dead" "Venomous Tongues" and "Of Darkness And Blackened Fire". RECOMMENDED BUY.

Corpsessed are a band from Finland that has been featured before in this zine with a musical style I would describe as being an old school form of death metal and this is a review of their 2014 album "Abysmal Thresholds" which will be released by Dark Descent Records.

The album kicks in with an evil sounding intro as well as having a very demonic and epic tone to it, once the heaviness the music really starts to take off along with some dark sounding death metal growls which leads to an all out assault of fast Swedish style death metal guitar riffs and blast beats, and when the music slows down you can hear a lot of dark atmosphere while the album focuses more on being fast.

Throughout the album there are a great mixture of slow and fast parts that get even more evil sounding once the music starts utilizing some melody which is also very dark sounding, as the album moves on the bass guitars get even more heavy and distorted death metal guitar leads start to come in at times.

By the time the album gets to the fourth song you can hear sound effects being mixed in before the heavier and darker elements start to dominate as well as screams and growls that start to mix in with each other and as the album progresses, it gets even more evil when synths are mixed into certain parts of the album while only being used as a background sound instead of a lead instrument.

Once the fifth song kicks in bells are added in for a few seconds and the music goes into a slower and dark direction for awhile before returning to an all out fast death metal assault as well as mixing in the slow parts to evoke a ritualistic atmosphere, as time goes on by you can hear small amount of classical and horror movie soundtrack style elements being mixed in with the dark and occult nature of the music while it is only used for a few seconds, and then the rest of the album focuses more on being a classic death metal recording.

Song lyrics cover Darkness, Lovecraft, Left hand Path and Occult themes, while the production has a very strong, powerful, heavy and professional sound where you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording as well as the last song being very long and epic in length.

In my opinion this is another great sounding album from Corpsessed and if you are a fan of old school death metal, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Of Desolation" "Necrosophic Channeling" "Apotheosis" and "The Threshold". RECOMMENDED BUY.

Chaos Plague are a band from Italy that plays a very progressive form of death metal and this is a review of their self titled and self released 2012 ep.

The ep starts off with some heavy guitar riffs, powerful bass guitars which also dominate on every song that is preset on this ep and drums before going into a more technical and progressive death metal direction while having some very powerful bass leads, once the growls start to kick in the music goes into an even more heavy direction while also evoking and early 90's atmosphere as well as the growls going into many different directions.

The classical guitars which are present on the ep bring in a good amount of 70's prog elements hen they are present as well as mixing in some clean vocals that are a aprt of both the opening and closing tracks and once the music returns back to being heavy the growls get more extreme and mix in some high pitched screams, blast beats once they are mixed in bring in more brutal elements, before mixing in melodic guitar leads that really bring out the character of the more technical elements that are present.

Once slow parts are added into the ep they help bring in more diverse elements as well as bringing the heaviness out even more and giving the music more character, and towards the end of the second song spoken word parts are finally added in before making a return to growls, as the ep goes into the 3rd song you can hear elements of thrash being mixed in with death metal.

Song lyrics cover philosophical and life themes, while the production has a very strong, powerful, heavy and professional sound for being a self released recording where you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this ep.

In my opinion Chaos Plague are a very great sounding progressive death metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this ep. RECOMMENDED TRACK "In Death I Trust". RECOMMENDED BUY.

Faust are a band from Italy that has been featured before in this zine with a musical style i would describe as being progressive death metal and this is a review of their 2009 album "From Glory To Infinity" which was released by Paragon Records.

The album starts out with some fast and melodic sounding instruments which bring in a classic metal feeling and once the death metal growls start to kick in the music starts mixing in mid paced and fast parts, when solos are very introduced to the album they bring in alot of prog metal elements which mix in very well with the heavier side of the album as well as the blast beats.

When the music goes into a slower direction in certain parts of album you can hear a lot of sorrow and despair being invoked as well as some of the most powerful sounding bass guitars that i have heard on an album of this caliber, as the album starts to move on the classical guitars start mixing in with certain sections of the music, while the album remains very heavy all at the same time while also bringing in a great amount of scales which show how diverse the musicians are with their music, you can hear that they really took time to develop the talented musical skills they display throughout the recording.

Later on during the album a lot of old school thrash and power metal influences are mixed in to create a truly original form of progressive death metal which also later brings in elements of jazz and classical music which do not rob the album of its extreme metal qualities,, and you can really hear a lot of skill being displayed once the 2 instrumental's is added to the album which is also very short yet powerful..

Song lyrics cover anti christian and philosophical themes, while the production has a very strong, powerful, heavy and professional sound where you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording.

In my opinion while this album is almost 5 years old this was a great release from Faust and if you are a fan of progressive death metal, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Purple Children" "Golden Wine Countess" "Carnal Beatitude" and "Holy Hole". RECOMMENDED BUY.

This is a review of a 1986 compilation that is called "Warfare Noise" which was originally released by Congumelo Records and has Chakal, Mutilator, Sarcofago and Holocausto all extreme metal bands from Brazil and was re-issued in 2013 by Greyhaze Records and we will start off the review with Chakal a band that played and early form of death/thrash metal.

"Cursed Cross" opens up with some distorted and evil noises as well as demonic growls kicking in and a few seconds later heavy death/thrash guitar riffs began their assault along with drums and then the music goes into a faster direction mixed in with high pitched screams and as time goes on by guitar solos become a part of the song briefly and then the music alternates back and forth between mid paced and fast parts as well as closing with a powerful sounding bass riff.

"Mr. Jesus Christ" begins with heavy thrash metal guitar riffs along with some drums shortly after that which also leads up to some early death metal growls that also takes the music into a faster direction as well as mixing fast and mid paced parts together, halfway through the song guitar leads start to kick in for a short time until returning back to the regular guitar riffing.

Song lyrics cover anti christian themes, while the production has the classic raw and primitive sound early Brazilian metal bands where known for having.

In my opinion Chakal where a very great sounding early death/thrash metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this underrated band,. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Cursed Cross".

Next up is Mutilator a band that played another early death/thrash metal band.

"Believers Of Hell" starts up with heavy guitar riffs along with some drums before going into a more brutal death/thrash direction along with some growls and a minute later the music goes into a more mid paced German style thrash direction before speeding up again and adding in a guitar solos which appear for a few seconds until the heavy guitar rhythms close the song.

"Nuclear Holocaust" kicks in with fast, evil and dirty guitar riffs along with some growls and the song goes for a fast direction as well as adding in evil screams, as time goes on by their is a brief use of mid paced sections being mixed in with the faster parts as well as some early death metal guitar leads which add to the extreme mature of the music.

Song lyrics cover darkness and war themes, while the production has a very distorted, heavy and raw sound to it in true underground 80's metal tradition.

In my opinion Mutilator where another great sounding death/thrash metal band and if you are a fan of true 80's underground metal, you should check them out. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Nuclear Holocaust".

Next up is Sarcofago the most well known band on this split and a huge influence on the black/war metal scene.

"Recrucify" comes in with sound effects and demonic growls and the song is more of an intro and closes with some high pitched screams.

"The Black Vomit" breaks in with fast, raw and primitive guitar riffs, drums and black/death metal growls as well as mixing in a variety of many different riffs while also remaining fast, which also leads up to the vocals getting more demonic, as time goes on by guitar solos start making their presence known and then blast beats start kicking in, in addition a melodic scream can also be heard briefly towards the end.

"Satanas" hits it off with fast, dark, heavy and dark sounding guitar riffs along with blasting beats, deep growls and a few seconds of melodic screams, as time goes on by the music gets more diverse along with a brief guitar lead and then it is back to the faster elements and demonic vocals.

Song lyrics cover Satanism and Anti Christian themes, while the production has a very dirty, raw and primitive sound to it.

In my opinion these songs Sarcofago add to the split are some of their best material, and if you want to learn the roots of black/war metal, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACK "The Black Vomit".

Closing the split is Holocausto a band that played an early form of black/thrash metal.

"Destruicao Nucler" is introduced with fast, heavy, raw and primitive guitar riffs along with drums and deep growls and as time goes on by the music alternates between mid paced and fast parts and you can also hear a small amount of blast beats and bass guitars that get heavy for a few seconds.

"Escarro Naplam" which is also the last song on the album begins with drums along with some fast, and heavy guitar riffs shortly after that as well as growls becoming a part of the mix, a couple of minutes later there is a brief use of guitar leads and then the song goes back to the classic black/thrash sound.

Song lyrics are written in their native tongue and cover war themes, while the production is in the same direction as all of the previous mentioned bands.

In my opinion Holocausto where a very great sounding early black/thrash metal and if you want to learn the roots of true underground metal, give this band a chance. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Escarro Naplam".

In conclusion I feel this is a very great sounding compilation and I would recommend it to all fans of death, black and thrash metal. RECOMMENDED BUY.

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Omnivore are a band from Italy that plays a very old school form of death/thrash metal and this is a review of their self titled 2014 album which was released by Unspeakable Axe Records.

"Intro" starts up the album with clean and dark sounding guitar playing and a few seconds alter heavy and melodic guitar riffs along with bass guitars and drums kick in and then going into a faster direction along with some blast beats.

"Dead" which is also the first official song on the album opens up with spoken word parts along with some samples before adding in some heavy and old school death/thrash metal guitar and bass riffs as well as some blast beats from the drums being adding in screams, growls and blast beats as well as alternating between mid paced and fast parts and towards the end there is a brief use of guitar solos and leads being utilized.

"Trust" begins with drum beats as well as some heavy and melodic guitar and bass riffs and then the music speeds up a bit along with some screams and growls as well as alternating between mid paced and fast parts and as time goes on by their is a brief sue of back up shouts and guitar leads.

"I Hope The War Comes" opens up with heavy guitar riffs as well as some bass guitars and drums and you can also hear some melody in the music before speeding up and adding in vocals and the music also alternates between mid paced and fast sections and towards the guitar solos and leads are added into the music.

'Hypochrist" kicks in with spoken word parts and samples and a minute later old school metal and guitar riffs kick in along with some drums before going into a faster direction as well as bringing in vocals and blast beats and during the last minute guitar solos and leads are added into the music.

"Nothing More Than Dust" hits in with guitar leads that come in and out of the music and riffs as well as some drums and bass guitars before going into a faster direction along with blast beats and vocals and after awhile the music starts to alternate between slow and fast parts as well as getting more melodic, halfway through the song sounds of nature as well as classical guitars make their presence known.

"Omnivore" which is also the title track of the album begins with bell sounds before adding in heavy and melodic sounding guitar riffs as well as some drums before speeding up adding in bass guitars, vocals and a small amount of blast beats and after awhile the music starts to alternate between slow and heavy parts as well as adding in guitar solos and leads.

"Arise" which is the last song on the album as well as a Sepultura cover starts off with fast, heavy guitar and bass riffs along with some drums before adding in vocals and after awhile distorted guitar effects and melody are added into the music as well as alternating between mid paced and fast parts along with a small amount of guitar solos and leads.

Song lyrics cover war, anti religion themes, while the production has a very strong, powerful, heavy and old school sound where you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording.

In my opinion Omnivore are a very great sounding old school death/thrash metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Dead" "Hypochrist" and "Omnivore". RECOMMENDED BUY.

Amon are a band from Florida that is very well known as being the first incarnation of Deicide as well as the Hoffman brothers using the name for their own project with the music being an old school form of death metal and this is a review of their 2013 2 album "Liar in Wait" which was re-issued in 2013 on vinyl by FDA Rekotz.

"Among Us" which is also the first song on the album opens up with heavy old school death metal guitar riffs along with some drums and death metal growls before adding in melody and blast beats along with a small amount of screams and towards the edn gutiar solos and leads are added into the music.

"Eye of The Infinite" begins with fast and heavy guitar riffs along with some drums before adding in death metal growls as well as some melodic guitar riffing and blast beats which also leads up to some screams being mixed in briefly which also leads up to some guitar solos that come in and out as well as the music going into a slower direction and then speeding up again along with blast beats.

"Lash Thy Tongue And Vomit Lies" starts up with melodic guitar leads and drums before adding in fast and heavy guitar riffs as well as some drums, growls and screams and after awhile guitar solos start coming in and out of the music a long with blast beats.

"Liar In Wait" which is also the title track of the album begins with heavy and melodic sounding guitar riffs as well as some drums which also utilize blast beats before adding in screams and growls and the song closes with a guitar solos as well as alternating between slow and fast.

"Reaching For Flesh" kicks in with heavy, fast and melodic guitar riffs as as well as some blast beats from the drums which also leads to growls and screams as well as the music alternating between slow and fast parts and towards the end guitar solos and leads are added into the music.

"Semblance Of Man" comes in with heavy guitar riffs as well as some blast beats from t he drums and you can also hear some melody and technical elements in the guitar riffing as well as leads that come in and out before adding in growls and screams as well as alternating between mid paced and fast parts.

"Sentience And Sapience" breaks in with heavy, fast and melodic guitar riffs as well as some blast beats from the drums before adding in growls and screams which also leads to the music alternating between mid paced and fast parts as well adding in guitar leads towards the end.

"Spat Forth, Forth From The Darkness" hits it off with fast, heavy and melodic sounding guitar riffs as well as some blast beats from the drums before adding in screams and growls along with guitar leads and solos that also come in and out of the music and you can also hear mid paced sections at times.

"Wraith Of Gaia" which is also the last song on the album starts up with fast and heavy guitar riffs and leads that also come in and out of the music along with blast beats from the drums before adding in growls and screams and the song also alternates between mid paced and fast parts.

Song lyrics cover Satanism, Occultism and Anti Christian themes, while the production h as a very strong, powerful, heavy and professional sound while the bass guitars are mixed down low in the mix.

In my opinion Amon are a very great sounding old school death metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Among Us" "Liar In Wait" "Semblance Of Man" and "Wraith Of Gaia". RECOMMENDED BUY.

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

1.For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit about the band?

We are a death metal band based in Tampere, Finland. To indicate our genre more specifically, we play old school death metal in the spirit of 90's mid tempo death bands. We started things in around 2007 with a bit
different lineup. We've released 3 demos prior to this new promo release.

2.How would you describe your musical sound?

Our songs are based on heavy over driven guitars and groovy rhythm. As it comes to sound, we've taken all the good things from nineties golden era of death metal and mixed those into present-day Shrapnel Storm sound.

3.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the music?

We explore war-themes from varied angles. Some songs are pretty straight forward death and destruction. Others deal with the consequences of war. How it can cripple nations and destroy people. How does it feel, when you return home from a warzone and are treated like the worst possible trash, while you're trying to deal with PTSD.

4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name Shrapnel Storm?

The idea was to invent a name which describes the most unpleasant conditions in war. Name Shrapnel Storm came out from our guitarist Aki. We were playing ball between some not-so-good name variations, when suddenly Aki sent the name late at night by SMS. At that point, we all knew it was THE name.

5.What are some of the best shows that the band ha splayed so far and how would you describe your stage performance?

We have played good gigs all around the southern part of Finland. If we pick something, big festival afterparties have been nice places to play. One good memory is from our hometown Tampere – we played in Sauna Open Air afterparty with Japanese killers, Metalucifer. It certainly was like a metal sauna in there! Possibly most fun we have had outside of our native city of Tampere, was in Riihimäki in 2010. Wild people out there! As far as stage performance goes, we certainly aren't a part of the NO FUN / NO MOSH movement - we just try to enjoy ourselves and encourage our audience to do likewise. Play it loud and play it proud!

6.Do you have any touring or show plans for the future?

We're making a small tour in Finland before entering the studio to record our debut album. Confirmed dates are now Lahti 14.12.2013, Tampere 7.2.2014, Helsinki 21.2.2014 and Hyvinkää 19.4.2014.

7.Currently you are unsigned, are you looking for a label or have received any interest?

We're looking for a deal, but considering them only if we see, that both parties can benefit from the deal. Today, all the glamour from record deals seem to be gone. Usually record companies do not take any risks,
and deals are often worse than releasing records by yourself. We've been contacted by labels, but nothing mind blowing has been offered yet.

8.On a worldwide level, how has the feedback been to you music by fans of death metal?

It is kinda varied. For the genre we play, it is not so obvious to get noticed in the ”big picture”. It is sure that our music is dividing opinions: some people like us really much, and some can't listen to us at all. Overall we've received pretty good feedback. Strangely, it seems that metal heads in Latin America like us very much.

9.What direction do you see your music heading into on future releases?

We might drop the speed down a bit and take a small step into the murkiness of sludgish metal. Then again, we might pick up the speed and enter more thrashy territory. The road is open at the moment, but one
thing is certain: we will not be having blast beats.

10.What are some bands or musical styles that have influenced your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

We've been inspired by the bands like Obituary, Sepultura, Bolt Thrower, Asphyx, Winter, Entombed, Cancer, Sadus, Benediction and many others. Ykä (Ville) has taken vocal influence from several great frontmen, mostly David Vincent, Antti Boman and Mille Petrozza. Currently the musical tastes within the band are rather diverse and we can pretty much only agree on the bands listed above.

11.Outside of music what are some of your interests?

Part of us have families, so in that case there isn't problems how to use spare time. Apart from that, we enjoy other band's live gigs and everything related to music. And of course drinking beer.

12.Any final words or thoughts before we wrap up this interview?

In case you haven't heard our music, you can find it from facebook: http://www.facebook.com/shrapnelstormband or from our official website http://www.shrapnel-storm.com. See you on the frontlines and trenches. Clutch your gun and hope that the next mortar won't land on your head!